Improving Dementia Care And Treatment Saves Thousands Of Pounds In Care Homes
Improving staff training in care homes and reducing reliance on harmful medications saves thousands of pounds per year, as well as improving quality of life…
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Half Of Over 55’s Fear Something Will Happen To Them And No One Will Notice
Half (50%) of older adults who feel lonely fear something will happen to them and no one will notice, while nearly a fifth (19%) of…
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Care Home Enjoys Furnominal Visit From Pet Pooches
A PACK of paw-fect visitors popped in to see Runcorn care home residents. Simonsfield Care Home, on Boston Avenue, welcomed several dogs from Furnominal Pet…
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Combine Innovation And Evidence Says SCIE
In a new paper published earlier this month, the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has called on national and local policy makers to invest…
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Exchange Programme For Hospice And Care Home
AN EXCHANGE programme of staff is taking place between a hospice and a care home. A nurse and a nursing assistant from Rosebridge Court care…
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Riversway Care Duo Honoured
Members of staff at Bristol’s Riversway Nursing Home have been named among the best in the region at a top award ceremony. Staff from the…
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Care Home Thanks Teen Volunteers On World Kindness Day
BIG hearted teenagers got a special thank you from elderly care home residents on World Kindness Day. Graduates from the Safe in Tees Valley National…
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Charity Offers Long-Term Health Conditions Guide
With 58 per cent of people over 60 living with long-term health conditions* Independent Age, the older people’s charity, has been listening to older people…
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Double Celebration For Farnham Nursing Home
Ashton Manor Nursing Home in Farnham (Surrey) is celebrating receiving two prestigious industry accolades within the space of a few months. In September the nursing…
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Guidance To Support Strategic Engagement In Adult Social Care Sector Launched
The Care Provider Alliance (CPA) has published new guidance to support strategic engagement between local authorities, the NHS and the independent and voluntary adult social…
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CEO Of Barchester Healthcare Presented With Award For Outstanding Contributions To Care
Dr Pete Calveley, CEO of Barchester Healthcare, was recently awarded the prestigious Outstanding Contribution to Care award at the 2018 Laing Buisson Awards in held…
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‘Home Of The Year’ Award And More For Belong Atherton
Care village, Belong Atherton, celebrated three wins at the Hospice in Your Care Home Awards 2018, organised by Wigan and Leigh Hospice (WLH). The awards,…
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Cost Of Caring For Adults With Learning Disabilities Could Increase By Almost £2bn
The costs of caring for adults with learning disabilities is projected to increase by almost £2bn by 2025 – with England’s largest councils warning that…
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Nominate Your Christmas Unsung Hero of Care!
Every year tens of thousands of hard-working and dedicated care sector workers find themselves working over the festive period and away from their loved ones….
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New Web Resource To Explore Technology In Care
A new resource on CQC’s website, which will see pages added as new topics are addressed, explores the use of technology in care, looking at…
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